I’ve worn many hats in my life: English teacher, babysitter, yogini, painter, hitchhiker, puppeteer, sous-chef, freelance writer, tour guide, photographer’s assistant, traveller… Some might call me a “jack-of-all- trades” but I prefer “Renaissance woman” 😉😊

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

"There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met." - William Butler Yeats

Interests

• yoga
• meditation
• reading
• hiking
• etymology
• hitchhiking
• beaches
• travel
• art
• mythology
• tea
• wilderness
• trekking
• spirituality
• permaculture
• shamanism
• wild camping
• foreign cultures
• lucid dreaming
• ayurveda
• herbal medicine
• climbing trees
• horseriding
• foraging
• cycle touring
• sustainable living
• painting and drawing
• sleeping under the stars
• tree houses
• random acts of kindness
• indigenous cultures
• yoga nidra
• fasting
• everyday life
• altered states of conciousness
• folk culture
• boat travel
• dream yoga

Music, Movies, and Books

📚 Books:

📍Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie

📍The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

📍All kinds of mythology, legends and folktales. Pretty much an obsession of mine.

🎥 Movies:

📍The Sound of Music

📍The Last Unicorn

📍Ryan’s Daughter

📍I’m also a huge, HUGE Bollywood nerd and it’s no exaggeration to say that I’ve watched over 300 Bollywood movies…

🎵 Music:

📍African Funk and Fusion📍Georgian Polyphonic Singing📍Cape Verdean Morna music📍REGGAE📍Indigenous Shipibo icaros📍traditional Irish and English Sea Shanties📍bhajans 📍Alt-J📍Light in Babylon📍Pink Floyd📍Toto📍Moody Blues📍Gordon Lightfoot 📍Os Tincoãs

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

🌸 I lived in the Amazon Jungle for 2 years where I worked alongside the Shipibo tribe learning about plant spirit shamanism. They taught me how we can access the dreamworld through our relationship with plants.

🌸 Hitchhiked across Honduras and got picked up by a funeral van

🌸Cycled across the whole of Cambodia by myself

🌸Lived on the streets for 2 weeks (long story lol)

🌸Conversed with Indian sadhus who could read my mind

Teach, Learn, Share

~The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself~

~Life is ephemeral. You own things to lose them. You meet people to let them go~ Zanskari proverb

What I Can Share with Hosts

🧘‍♂️I’m happy to share anything you think I am capable of sharing with you- from English and French language lessons, to travel tips and yoga asanas (I’m a certified teacher ;) :)

🥑I also worked in kitchens on and off for many years so I’m happy to cook for you too :)

🌱I have a pretty good knowledge of medicinal herbs so if you have any ailments that you want to heal naturally I’m happy to share my knowledge of plants and herbs :)

🏠 Also happy to chip in for all expenses :) And of course, you’ll always have a place to stay wherever I am in the world.

🪶Also, please don’t feel that you have to entertain me if you want to chill out alone or have other plans. I am very independent and happy to adapt myself to your schedule. Of course, hanging out is awesome too but not a necessity :) :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kosovo, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cambodia, Canada, Costa Rica, Egypt, England, France, Peru, United States, Viet Nam

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